From January 12 to February 10, 2024, Qatar confirmed the Asian Cup. On the evening of May 11, 2023, Beijing time, the Asian Cup draw was completed, and all six groups of teams were settled, with the national soccer team falling into Group A. The team was drawn into Group B, which was the first group of the Asian Cup. The other three teams in the same group are Tajikistan, Lebanon and Qatar.Group B: Australia, Uzbekistan, Syria, India; Group C;: Iran, UAE, Palestine; Group D;: Japan, Indonesia, Iraq, Vietnam; Group E;: South Korea, Malaysia, Jordan, Bahrain; Group F;: Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Oman.
Obviously, Group A, where the national soccer team is located, can be very happy. All four teams have won against relatively desirable opponents and believe they have secured signings. In fact, the more such groups there are, the closer each team gets, and the more the matches are likely to smack of death panels. Every game will be a battle to the death. The order of the three group games for the national soccer team is also out. The first match is against Tajikistan, the second round is against Lebanon, and the final PK is still the Asian Cup champion Qatar.
Shao Jia, a famous player of the national soccer team, looks ahead to the Asian Cup. He thinks the first match of the national soccer team is more crucial. It may directly decide the promotion situation. The first match is a battle of life and death and we should prepare well for the match against Tajikistan. Media journalists also expressed the same opinion. The national soccer team does not have absolute confidence in winning against any of the opponents in the group, but the ceiling of the national soccer team is very high. After all, playing against three opponents in the group has the advantage of historical achievements, and the potential of the national soccer team's squad is still high.
From a lineup system perspective, the new coach of the national soccer team, Yankovic, plans to reuse six naturalized international players at the same time, including Fernando, Li Ke, Jiang Guangtai, Luo Guofu, Eckerson and Alan. Once all six are well utilized, they will all be in the starting lineup and form a synergy. The national soccer team will have the absolute strength to compete for the first place in the group and part ways with the champions Qatar. However, it is still difficult to compete for the first place because the national soccer team still lacks a high-level coach like Lippi.
As we all know, in the last Asian Cup, the national football team under the leadership of Lippi steadily advanced to the group stage and managed to eliminate Thailand in the 1/8 final. Unfortunately, the defense was too crotch pulling and lost 0-3 to Iran to stop in the quarterfinals. Jankovic is a pragmatic coach whose leadership in the game is a problem. In the recent training of the national soccer team, Jankovic led the team to two consecutive undefeated matches, 0-0 New Zealand and 1-2 New Zealand. The next test for Jankovic to lead the team will be bigger and bigger.
History shows that the national football team and Qatar played a total of 20 games, the results slightly dominant, 8 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses; with Tajikistan 5 times, the national football team 4 wins and 1 draw to remain undefeated; with Lebanon is also 5 times, the national football team 4 wins and 1 draw also remain undefeated. It can be seen, as long as the national football team at the same time reuse naturalized national football, the first two rounds should be able to take, the third game against Qatar is the real test.
According to Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Hao, the national soccer team has started to prepare for the Asian Cup. In terms of warm-up training, the national soccer team plans to start training in June. It has confirmed two warm-up matches in June, June 16 against Myanmar and June 20 against Palestine.
